Tool handle



Aug. 26, 1924. 1,506,547

J. PEYER TOOL HANDLE Filed Jan. 19. 1923 3110mm; JOHN PFYER.

Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JGHN PETER, NEW YORK. I

TOGL iIANDtiB.

Application niea January in, 1923. semi No. 613,624.

Be it known that I, JQHN PEYER, a citi; zen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Block lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in a Tool Handle, of which the following is a s ecitication.

Among the principal ob ects which the present invention has in view are: To quickly and readily alter the operation of the tool as a ratchet tool operati successively clockwise and contrawise, am a direct operating tooloperating as controlled. by the operator; to sim iii the shifting mechw nism by which 1;- e change in the operation of the tool is effected; and to simplify and cheapen the operation and construction of the handle.

Drawings.

F igure 1 is aside view of a tool handle constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 s a lengthwise section on the line2-2 in ig, 1.

Figure 3 is a cross section, the section being taken as on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Figure 4: is a cross section taken as on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2. v

5 is a, le 1 thwise section of the tool handle and to al, the ratchet member being shown as engaged with the chuck of the tool.

Figure 6 is a cross section of the handle, the section being taken as on the line .33' in 2', showing the ratchet enga 'n member in operative relation to the s an of the tool chuck.

Deacript'ian. As seen in the drawings the body 11 of the handle is preferably constructed {of metal having a socket to receive the reduced end 12 of the wooden handle 13. The body 11 is elevated at one side to provide a mount 14 in which the latch 15 is reciproeatively mounted, a bore being driven lengthwise through the mount 14. to accommodate the said latch and the spring 16 thereof. forward end of the latch engages in service a mutilated wheel 17.

y The Wheel 17 is pivotally mounted in the body 11 by means of a shaft 18. The shaft 18 is eccentrically disposed with relation to the wheel 17, a flatted portion 19 on the The T wheell? corresponding with a fiatted portion 90 on the chuck head 21. v I

' k 1 9 9 91 is provided with a flange 22 adapted to engage for housing purposes a screw ferrule 23 and to rest with in tie same.

The inner end of the chuck head has a serrated portion 24, the serrations extending lengthwise. thereof. These serrations are, eng ed y serrations on the Wheel 17 in eccorj ance with the direction in. which the wheel 17 is rotated. The serrations on the wheel 17 and the portion 24 of the chuck W us are suflicient to prevent slippage in teiren agement. ,e eccentricity of the wheel 1 causes t1 is same to jam or bite when; the handle is rotated in the direction to which the major axis of the Wheel inclines. To lock thewheel 17 in working position it is provided. with a series of shallow sockets 25 which when engage by the finIder hold the said. w eels as placed.

.t. wi r tl edrawings t 26 is shown as engaged w th the center socket, in which position the wh-eel 17. moved out of engagement with the portion 24 to a position above the atted portion 20 of the chuck head 21. he attedportions 19 and 20 of the whqeland chuck respectively being thus engaged the chuci is prevented from rotatin ndependently of the handle.

finder 26 yields, slightly from its socket to permit a. fnee'baokward or ratchet action of the wheel 1?, the tension of the spriu 1-6 eing sufiicient however; to restore iieel to set positionpn forward moveis n rotation of the handle. Fhe Wheel 17 is moved to en age the flatted. portion 20 of the chuck 21 y the finder 26 aud the spring '16 which thrusts the said finder forward. y i

Byrfiilrence to F ig. 6 it will be seen that the .Whe' 17 is 'sWu tov a position where the center socket 25 i been released and oneof si sockets have been engaged by the nde'r' 26.

It will be understood that the Wheel 17 is shifted lengthwise of the shaft 18 by hand. he chuck head 21 is held in service relation to the body 11 by the ferrule 23. The chuck has an extension 28 in which a cylindrical socket 29 is bored. A pin 30 is driven through the extension 28 and through the socket 29. The side of the pin 30 forms a rest for a-fiattened portion 31 of a working be noted bfi reference to Fig. 3oi" with the disposition of the wheel 17 the tool.

will be worked ratchet-wise in either rotary direction or in conformity with the movement of the handle 13 if disposed in position where the flaps 19 and 20 engage. It is obvious that these dispositions of the wheel 17 can be easily and readily made.

Claims.

1. A tool handle comprising a grip portion, a chuck head rotatively connected thereto, a member pivotally and eccentrical- 1y mounted on said grip portion to engage said chuck head for ratchet action with the grip portion, and slidably mounted on said grip portion to engage said chuck head for positive direct action with said grip portion.

2. A tool handle comprising a grip portion,

a chuck head rotatively connected thereto,

a lateral extension on said gri portion, a member slidably disposed in said extension and adapted to engage said chuck head for positive actuation of said chuck head with said grip portion, said member being eccentrically and pivotally mounted in said extension for ratchet action with said chuck head on proper positioning of the member.

3. A tool handle having an operating handle, and a chuck head rotatively connected thereto, said chuck head having a c lindrical roughened engaging portion an a flattened portion; a mutilated rocking member having a flattened portion and an engaging periphery corresponding with the surface of the enga ing portion of said chuck head; and means or slidably mounting said member for disposing the same in operative relation to said roughened portion and to the flattened portion of said chuck head.

4. A tool handle having an operating handle, and a chuck head rotatively connected thereto, said chuck head having a cylindrical roughened engaging portion and a flattened portion; a mutilated rocking member having a flattened portion and an engaging periphery corresponding with the .thereof, respectively,

surface of the engaging portion of said chuck head; andineans for .slidably mounting said member for disposing the same in operative relation to said roughened portion and to the flattened portion of said chuck head, said means embodying a stud bearing slidably supporting said member.

5. A tool handle having a grip portion; a chuck head adapted to receive a working tool, said chuck head having a flattened portion and a cylindrical engaging roughoned portion, said roughened portion and flat portion being adjacently disposed; a mutilated wheel eccentrically and slidably inounted on said grip portion adjacent said flattened and roughened chuck head portion. said wheel having a flattened portion and roughened periphery corresponding with the flattened portion of said chuck head and with the roughened cylindrical portion said wheel having a pivotal pawl action on its eccentric pivot when said roughened portions engage, and a fixed non-rotative position when the flattened portions engage; and means for hold ing said wheel in service relation to said flattened and roughened portions when so disposed.

6. A tool handle having a grip portion; a chuck head adapted to receive a working tool, said chuck head having a flattened portion and a cylindrical engaging roughened portion, said roughened portion and flat portion being adjacently disposed; a mutilated wheel eooentrically and slidably mounted on said rip port-ion adjacent said flattened and roug ened chuck head portion, said wheel having a flattened portion and a roughened periphery corresponding with and adapted to engage the flattened portion of said chuck head and the roughened cylindrical portion thereof respectively, said wheel having a pivotal pawl action on its eccentric pivot when said roughened portions engage, and a fixed non-rotative position when the flattened portions engage; and means for holding said wheel in service relation to said flattened and roughened portions when so disposed, said means embodying a spring-seated plunger yieldingly mounted on said handle grip, and a plurality of finder sockets disposed on said wheel with reference to the operating positions thereof.

JOHN PEYER. 

